Jewel Steel Range Promises Efficient Baking Power
Describes an extra large square oven with patent non buckling bottom, double drop door, steel wire racks and direct flue design that uses all heat generated. Claims Jewel Steel Range as the most economical and satisfactory baking range produced.
Ancient Rhodesia Linked to King Solomon Gold History
The article argues Rhodesia as a possible Ophir era gold region with extensive ancient workings. It notes 75,000 old mines across ten square miles, gold specks in furnace linings, remains of smelting blowpipes, and artifacts like soapstone hammers. Matabeleland ruins yielded $35,000 in gold ornaments in recent years.
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Rhodesia
British
Zambezia
Ophir
Cecil Rhodes
Sheba
Solomon
Matabeleland
Adjustable chair height support for rocking chairs
A Chicago resident adds a spring metal rack under the chair seat rear, engaging a sliding transverse rod. Hinged and diagonal supports attached to rockers form a pivoting link, allowing the seat to rise or fall by lifting or lowering the rack. Teeth incline rearwardly to ease vertical adjustment.
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Chicago
Eager Paris visit uncovers a sculptor prank
An American party in Paris visits Chapman Barnes studio led by Theodore Guthrie. A mistaken identity reveals Barnes, not Williams, had demolished a Pompeii sentinel statue with ashes, prompting an apology and a six month wait for Miss Mabel Douglas’s marriage proposal.
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Paris
Chapman Barnes
Theodore Guthrie
Barnes
Mabel Douglas
Guthrie
Mr. Williams
Williams
Caesar
Helvetia
Switzerland
Miss Douglas
Theodore
Pompeii
Vesuvius
F. A. Mitchel
Tempering Steel by Sulphuric Acid Dipping
An English mechanic explains hardening a drill point by dipping a heated dull cherry red tip into sulfuric acid to a depth of about one eighth of an inch. The treated point becomes extremely hard while the rest remains soft. if the point breaks, re harden with slightly less acid.
Paint Removing Mixture Rezept for Varnished Surfaces
A historical paint remover recipe combines four ounces benzol three ounces fusel oil and one ounce alcohol to strip varnish paint tar or lacquer from varnished or painted surfaces in under ten minutes. It also claims to restore a hard paint brush after an hour soaking.
Expensive North British Railway Line Over Forth Bridge
The North British railway line over the Forth bridge is the world’s most costly, four miles long with approaches, costing about $4,000,000 per mile to construct.
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North Britis
Forth Bridge
Market offer roundup of stamp promotions across groceries
A historical ad list details multiple promotions offering stamps with purchases. Brands include Gold Dust, French Coffee, Waldorf Deutscher Kroger products, Tea, Korn Kinks corn, Country Club Beans, Beef Wine and Iron, Elijah's Manna, English Mustard, X-Ray Stove Polish, Race Track Plug Tobacco, Kroger Extract of Lemon, Singapore Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, and Cherry Phosphate. promotions attach stamps or dollar value per purchase.
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Jewel
GEO. East
ISI
North Third Street
Main St
Bell Phone
High Street
Kroger'’s
Country Club
Elijah
Kroger
Japanese China
Manhattan
Elite
Japan
Berkshire
China Department